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Modes of Cutting out Uppers for Shoes.

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IMPROVEMENT IN THE MODES OF CUTTING OUT UPPERS FOR SHOES.

Speeilieation forming part of Letters Patent No. 36,561, dated March 4, i578.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD H. TnURSToN, of Montreal, in the Province of Quebec and Dominion ot-Ua1iatla, have invented an Improved Method of Cutting out the Quarters 7 ot' Boots and Shoes, ot' which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, ret'eience being had to the accompanying drawing mal;- ing part of this specilication, in which- Figure l is a plan illustrating my method of cutting quarters ot' boots and shoes from a piece of leather, serge, or other suitable material. Fig. 2 is a plan, also illustrating my method of cutting out quarters, the form ot' the pattern being varied at its top. Fig. 3 is a pla-n representing the old method of cutting out quarters. Fig. ft is a plan ot' a quarter of the old pattern. Figs. 5 and 6 represent the two pieces of a quarter cut in accordance with my invention. Fig. 7 represents a complete `quarter formed by uniting the pieces Shown in Figs. 5 and 6. Fig'. 8 represents two quar-` ters ot' the form seen in Fig. 2, the npper'portions being sewed together. Fig. 9 represents the piece which is secured between the heel portions of the two quarters shown in Fig. 8. Figs. 10 and 1l are details; Fig. l2, modiea- I tion, to be referred to.

To utilize the greatest pereenta ge of the stock employed in cutting out the quarters of boots and shoes is the object of my invention, which consists in a--inetliod of cutting in which a portion ot' the counter or heel portion ot' the quarter is omitted, so that two quarters when reversed will accurately tit together onhe'line of the back seam, thereby avoiding the waste which has heretofore occurred at this point, the piece left between the top of one quarter and the bottom of another being utilized to complete the counter or heel portion ot' the quarter previously omitted; but when the form ofthe top ot' the quarter is such that no piece is left in cutting, the portion required to coniplete the quarter must be cut from a separate piece of stock.

lo enable others skilled in the art to understand and use my invention, I will proceed to describe the manner in which I have carried it out.

A. piece of Stock, of any suitable size, being laid upon a table, la row of quarters, A B G D. ot' the pattern shown in Figs. l and 5, is cut therefrom across the width ot' the stock by a die or otherwise, the point l1 ot' one quarter titting against the point 10 ot' the one to the left. The die or pattern is then reversed, when the second row of quarters G H I K is cut therefrom so that the quarters ofthe first and second rows will tit accurately together on the lines c b ot' the back seams, thereby avoiding all waste of stock at this point, wlnle the line a c of each quarter ot' the second row will coincide with the corresponding line a o of the quarter to the left in the iirst row. The third row ot' quarters M N O P is now cut in such manner that the lines l e and fg of each one will coincide with the corresponding lines d e and fg ot' two contiguous quarters in the row below. The remaining rows of quarters are then eut in the same manner as above described, a piece of stock, R, Figzl, being left between every two contiguous quarters of each row.

It will be seen that the counter or heel portion of each of the quarters eut after my improved method is omitted; and in order to give the qua-rter its'proper shape, as seen in Fig. 4, it becomes necessary to sew or otherwise attach apiece, t', Fig. 6, thereto, as seen in Fig. 7 5 and the pieces R, above referred to, are utilized for this purpose, the pieces t being cut therefrom, thus also avoiding the waste which has heretofore occurred between the top and bottom of two'contiguous quarters in the same row.

When a pattern of quarter S, Fig. 2, having its top elevated and rounded in front, and known as Thurstons Grecian Beuth7 is to be cut, there are no pieces R left between the quarters, the top ot' one quarter and the bottom of another precisely coinciding with each other, in whichcase a piece, k, of the form seen in Fig. 9, is cut from a separate piece ot' stock to complete the counter or heel portion ofthe quarters, asseen in Fig. 8, whereby I avoid a seam from lto m, which would be. necessary it' a piece, ti, Fig. 6, was sewed to each quarter and the two quarters then sewed together.

Where the pieces t' are cut from whole stock I prefer to arrange them as seen in Fig. 10, as

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very'little waste is made in cutting them; and when the pieces k are cut from whole stock I prefer to arrange them as seen in Fig. 11.`

tion ot' each quarter is completed by the addition ot` t piece similar to fi, above described, but somewhat larger.

It will be readily seen, from a comparison of the old method otcutting the Whole quarter in one piece, Fig. 3, with my improved method of cutting, Figs. 1 and 2, in which the quarter is formed of two pieces, that the waste pieces T, Fig. 3, do not occur, While the pieces R which occur in cutting quarters ot' the pattern shown in Fig. l, und which are Wasted in cutting,` the pattern of quarter seen in Fig. 3, are utilized in completing' the counter or heel portions ot' the quarters, as before described; consequently I am enabled to cut from a piece of stock of e given size many more quarters than can be cut by the old method, Where the quarter is out at one operation in u. single piece, and a. great saving in stock-sity about twenty per cent-is thus effected, While the cost ot' sewing the pieces t' to the quarters is very trilling.

Claim.

What I claim as my invention, und desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The within-described method ot' cutting und making quarters for boots and shoes, in which a. part ot the counter or heel portion of the quarter is omitted, and the piece required to complete the quarter lafterward secured thereto. substantially as und for the purpose set forth.

Witness my hand this 3d day of July, A. D.

EDWARD II. THURSTON. In presence ot- EDWARD J. KEMP, E. T. KYLE. 

